Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1868/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
18743i
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About this work

Description

Looking towards the west. A telegraph station [?] in the foreground

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Bears Thomson's negative number: "59"

Notes

This is one of a collection of same-size contact prints made, in 1981, from John Thomson's original negatives. The glass negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921 and are now in the Wellcome Institute Library

Reference

Wellcome Collection 18743i

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